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Helpful Hints [Cleaning materials, making polishes, etc.]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 17, no. 2
Date: 1993
Pages: 13
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Language: English
Article
Those Standardized Tests: As Testing Expands, So Do Criticisms
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Fall 1991
Pages: 14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Annual General Meeting of the Association Montessori Internationale [Agenda, etc.]
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2001, no. 1
Date: 2001
Pages: 34–35
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Montessori: Origin and reasons for the criticisms of one of the most controversial pedagogues of all time / Montessori: Origen y razones de las críticas a una de las pedagogas más controvertidas de la historia
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Revista Española de Pedagogia, vol. 81, no. 285
Date: May-Aug 2023
Pages: 251-270
Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori is one of the most fascinating and controversial pedagogues of all time. On the one hand, the naturalists reproached her for the rigidity and artificiality of her method, as well as her rejection of productive imagination and fantasy. On the other hand, progressive educators reproached the individualist and prescriptive character of her method. The modernists reproached her for her religiosity. Some criticized her for accelerating learning or for not respecting the freedom of the child, others for the contrary. Christians branded her a secularist, positivist, naturalist, and theosophist, while theosophists defined her as Catholic. These paradoxical criticisms are due, among other reasons, to the context of the antimodernist frenzy in which she developed her method, to her network of friends in Freemason circles, to the numerous nuances of her method, to her resistance to fitting in with existing educational currents, to the instrumentalization of her method by third party interests, to her sometimes entangled and not very clear language and to the lack of knowledge of her method in action. / Montessori es una de las pedagogas más fascinantes y controvertidas de la historia. Resulta curioso que todos le reprochasen tantos aspectos tan contradictorios. Los naturalistas, la rigidez y la artificialidad de su método, así como su rechazo a la imaginación productiva y a la fantasía; los progresistas, la individualidad y el carácter coercitivo del método; los modernistas, su religiosidad; algunos la criticaban por adelantar los aprendizajes o por no respetar la libertad del alumno, otros, por lo contrario; los cristianos la tildaron de laicista, naturalista, positivista y teósofa, mientras que los teósofos la definieron como católica. Esas críticas tan paradójicas se deben, entre otras razones, al contexto de persecución antimodernista en el que desarrolló su método, a su red de amistades en los ambientes masones, a los numerosos matices de su método, a su resistencia a encajar en las corrientes educativas existentes, a la instrumentalización de su método por intereses ajenos, a su lenguaje a veces enredado y poco divulgativo y al desconocimiento de su método en acción.
Language: English, Spanish
ISSN: 0034-9461, 2174-0909
Article
Child Centered Education: Criticisms
Available from: Shanlax Journals
Publication: Shanlax International Journal of Education, vol. 8, no. 1
Date: 2019
Pages: 22-37
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Abstract/Notes: There have been quite a lot of concerns and arguments over the appropriateness of CCE for developing countries where the social and cultural values, educational traditions, and available resources are so different from the West. Most of the educationists argue for the teacher centred formalistic approach which is believed to be more suitable for contexts where resources are sufficient and teacher professional capability is very high. Issues related to CCE in developing countries have been the focus of discussion from 1980s and particularly the 1990s. The major intention of the present study to explore the major criticisms related to child centered education. Eleven serious criticisms: danger of centeredness; absenting knowledge; learner centeredness: scientifically validated?; freedom versus discipline; practicality of learner centered teaching; individual and society; the absence of authentic social relationships; teacher's roles; natural Sequence of development; the powerless female teacher and child; and the free and individual child: an illusionary and decontextualized construct have been discussed in the present article.
Language: English
DOI: 10.34293/education.v8i1.1253
ISSN: 2582-1334
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Sir, May I Venture to Add a Few Remarks to Mr. C. A. Bang's Criticism...
Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale
Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)
Date: Oct 22, 1921
Pages: 468
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Abstract/Notes: Letter to the Editor.
Language: English
ISSN: 0040-7887
Article
New Ways of Praise and Criticism
Publication: Montessori Talks to Parents Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 7
Date: 1983
Pages: 4-5, 8
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Language: English
ISSN: 0749-565X
Article
Criticisms and Concerns: How Do You Respond?
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: 1994
Pages: 30–32
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Archival Material Or Collection
Box 9, Folder 13 - Manuscripts, ca. 1921-ca.1966 - "Montessorism? Enthusiasm and Criticism"; "Montessori: An Appreciation"
Available from: Seattle University
Date: ca.1921-ca.1966
Edwin Mortimer Standing - Biographic sources, Edwin Mortimer Standing - Writings
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Language: English
Archive: Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
Archival Material Or Collection
Box 15, Folder 16 - Notes, ca. 1929-1948 - "Criticisms"; "The Prophet Child"
Available from: Seattle University
Date: ca.1929-1948
Edwin Mortimer Standing - Biographic sources, Edwin Mortimer Standing - Writings
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Language: English
Archive: Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections